--- ./pod/perlport.pod.orig	Fri Feb 12 00:06:09 1999
+++ ./pod/perlport.pod	Wed Oct 13 04:09:31 1999
@@ -1321,13 +1321,15 @@
 
 Available only for socket handles. (S<RISC OS>)
 
-=item kill LIST
+=item kill SIGNAL, LIST
 
 Not implemented, hence not useful for taint checking. (S<Mac OS>,
 S<RISC OS>)
 
 Available only for process handles returned by the C<system(1, ...)>
 method of spawning a process. (Win32)
+ 
+C<kill 0, ...> kills the process. (Win32)
 
 =item link OLDFILE,NEWFILE
 
--- ./README.win32.orig	Sun Mar 28 23:36:42 1999
+++ ./README.win32	Wed Oct 13 04:02:45 1999
@@ -697,7 +697,8 @@
 C<raise()>, i.e. it doesn't send a signal to the identified process
 like it does on Unix platforms.  Instead it immediately calls
 C<TerminateProcess(process,signal)>.  Thus the signal argument is
-used to set the exit-status of the terminated process.  This behavior
+used to set the exit-status of the terminated process.  In particular,
+unlike on Unix, C<kill 0, ...> will kill the process.  This behavior
 may change in future.
 
 =item *
--- ./pod/perlfunc.pod.orig	Wed Oct 13 03:58:52 1999
+++ ./pod/perlfunc.pod	Wed Oct 13 03:54:14 1999
@@ -2066,20 +2066,22 @@
 
 See also C<each()>, C<values()> and C<sort()>.
 
-=item kill LIST
+=item kill SIGNAL, LIST
 
-Sends a signal to a list of processes.  The first element of
-the list must be the signal to send.  Returns the number of
-processes successfully signaled.
+Sends a signal to a list of processes.  Returns the number of processes
+successfully signaled.
 
     $cnt = kill 1, $child1, $child2;
     kill 9, @goners;
 
-Unlike in the shell, in Perl if the I<SIGNAL> is negative, it kills
-process groups instead of processes.  (On System V, a negative I<PROCESS>
+Unlike in the shell, in Perl if the SIGNAL is negative, it kills
+process groups instead of processes.  (On System V, a negative PROCESS
 number will also kill process groups, but that's not portable.)  That
 means you usually want to use positive not negative signals.  You may also
 use a signal name in quotes.  See L<perlipc/"Signals"> for details.
+
+If the SIGNAL is zero, no signal is sent to the process; it just checks
+that the process is alive and hasn't changed its UID.
 
 =item last LABEL
 

End of patch